Clay City vs Flora

A side-by-side comparison of Clay City and Flora: population, income, housing, and more.

Clay City and Flora are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Flora has the higher population (4,860 vs 744 in Clay City). Clay City has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $50,588 in Flora). Flora has the higher median home value ($78,400 vs $75,500 in Clay City).

Population, income & housing

	Clay City	Flora
Population	744	4,860
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$50,588
Median home value	$75,500	$78,400
Median gross rent	$585	$728
Housing units	393	2,466
Homeownership rate	75.2%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay City	Flora
Population	865 → 744 (-14.0%)	4,917 → 4,860 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$43,409 → $53,750 (+23.8%)	$47,413 → $50,588 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $75,500 (+12.9%)	$78,500 → $78,400 (-0.1%)
Median gross rent	$473 → $585 (+23.7%)	$606 → $728 (+20.1%)

Clay City

Population

865744

Median household income

$43,409$53,750

Median home value

$66,900$75,500

Median gross rent

$473$585

Flora

Population

4,9174,860

Median household income

$47,413$50,588

Median home value

$78,500$78,400

Median gross rent

$606$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay City	Flora
Under 5	5.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	24.2%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.5%
75 and over	5.6%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay City	Flora
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay City	Flora
No high school diploma	13.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	45.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay City	Flora
Drove alone	88.9%	87.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.7%
Walked	2.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay City	Flora
1-unit, detached	68.4%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Clay City	Flora
Poverty rate	27.8%	14.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1969	1960